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i; i: 4S 9ir! ,iTNO NOK1II, HO SOUTH, UNDElt TJIJ tCOMSTIXUTI01. BUT A 9ACHED M AIXTE2VARCE OF THAT 1INST11 V'PIEIVT AJD THE UNION.'VOL,, 18.,M'AltTHUEVINTON COUNTY, OHIO, MARCH, SO. . 1865.NO 34I w . l- I - I , j I 1 i .UUiniu dVKRV THtJR3tVT BTE. A . BRATTON, .-;OFFIOE: -In-1) rattan's Balluine", Enstof ConnUouce, Uo StaiiR.TEitMS, CASH.Tke Dem."t will be aentoneyear for TwoUallar; Blx Months," for Ouo Dollar; ThroedoniVm, for Fifty Cents.tSfAll pspers will be discontinued at thexviration of the time paid for.. , . - .FOR ADVERTISING. 'One Bquareeno insertion, , .. . $1,00laob. additional insortion, ,60Cards one year, ouNetioeof appointn.en-.sot a4mlst a... u.,.r4'nin knit Executors 2.00Attaehraentnotioeaboforerf. P. 2,01)tutorial notices per line, 1JTearly advertiimenta will be charged 0O,And In proportionate rates for less than aulumn. and for lew time.t-8T Ton lines minion chirgod as one sqnaro,and all Advertis jmonU an i Legal Noticos mustbe pam 111 uvfThe auovet-'rmsmnst bo complied withP7A1I paymen must ba made to tho Pronator, as we hae nu agouta.The Dcmocra JobOlSce.We are propared tooccute with noatness,dispatch and at prices tl at defy competition,all kinds of Job Wor!t,uch asUOOliS,PAMPHLETS,11AND BILLS,SLIOW BILLS,POSTERS,PROGRAMMESBILL HEM'S.BLANKS of all KINDS,SHIPPING BILLS,1ABELK, &c.,&c.dl ens a trial and beconvinoadihetwicanand will do printUg bonpor for Cash, tin n nnjHherestftl il.limont in thissection nfoo.intryPL Y UO L T U HOUSEIrOI.TRMQUTII, OHIOC13AR IES HISGIrlS.Tlii House fronts on the Steam Boatnu.ling, anil neat the Kfcilroail Depot. Nopbins will bespared for the acconwdatiununOiirsts.iept. , 1863, lyr. , ,VftLLEY HOUSE.SCOTT & POLLARD.PROPR1ET0119 ,rHM.TO ' M'LCBS HOCSS, WHKKLINOjm. S9, 'B3-lyr Chillicotht:, OhiE. A. BIUTT0N, 'Attoruey ' a Law a udGENELIAL CLAIM AGENT.McArlhr, Ohio.BoiiiJ liconaod by the. U. 8., for the pnrpoaI will attund to tho prosocution and collectionf avory do.-teripiion of chilma a(fiinst thl-'uitod 8tates,and Stat of Ohio, Including theMorjiivn raid olaiins.UouiiUusaiid Arrcnrasc ofPnyPrgcnrcd-PENSIONS for woundod and disahlod soldiors and aoamen, and for tho hoirs of soldiersnd seamen who haro diod and boan ki.led inthe service. I would say to my friends, thathowill attand promptly to the.r buainosa andmolorate terms.Juno lith liili ., . .D. B. SHIVEL,Attorney, , atMcARTIlUR, K t( puio;'D. Dodges'gTwo dooraStore . -East of .Having just recovered' frorrf a severe attack of the "Oil Feverv" which causeilratemporary absencfr'frpnj htB pffiee.Vtakfafileasure in announcing' lo the' public thatle is'egain at his post, where he may hefound at ali timea ready to give prompt attention to the various branches of "hi profession in this, and adjoining Counties.Jan. 5th, 1865. 3 -mo.... . . "w" i-imA.CONUE'3,M.D. A.ISAMIIVGFK M UPHYSICIANS A2D SURGEON. HeArtlmr, Ohio,Wilt attend promptly and careful lr tothe practice of their profession . in all itsbranches. . . , .OCT SPECIAL ATTENTION GlVEtf TOSURGERY. CQ ;Jan. 5th, 1865. tf. ' 'R. A.C0N.4TAB..D.B. SmivblCONSTABLE ifc 8 UIYEl,Attorneys at Jaw,Claim Agents, Realstac Agents and Conveyanoera. . - 'McArlhur, Yinlou Co. 0.Office on IN ai Street, two doojrs eastof. E. D Uodg's htore.Will attend promptly to all btirtinessentriistodto their care, In the ' Ooutic of Vifawn, "Jack-.aon.Pikoand Scioto.' -January 19th lSStf, J! "BatfeOhw Hgyerlt3NEWTON'S PILLS.(lull - Bilious.)KEWTOX'S PILLS,NEWTOK'S PILLS.t -iNEWIO.VS PILLSiEWT0i'S PILLSNEWTON'S PILLS '.NEWTON'8 PILLS,. NEWTON'S PILLSNEWTON'S PILLSComposed of kiglil; Concentrated ExtractsfromROOTS AND HERDSOf the greatest medical value, prepared fromthe original prescription of the celebratedDa. NtwroN, and used by" him with suchromarkuble success for twent years in allparts of the United States, are an infallibleremedy in allDISEASES OF THE LIVER,OB ANY DEBANGEMEKT OF TUBDigestive OrgansTJIUY CUREDlARRtlCiA;DIAKRMG2A,DIAllRHCEA,DIARRllQiA,DYSPEPSIA,DYSl'KPSIA,DYSPEPSIA,DYSPEPSIA,SCROFULA,SCROFULA,SCROFULA,SCROFULA,dysentery,dysenterydysentery!DYSE-NTEiiY,BILIOUSNESS,BILIOUSNESS, ,B1LIUUSNLSS,BILIOUSNESS,LIVER COMPLAINTLIVER COMPLAINTLIVER COMPLAINTLIVER COMPLAINTThe well known Dr, Wakken. of Bostonsaysof thee Pills, "Thef have the finest ef-lect upon the Liver and digestive organs ofany meaicine in uie wtinu, unu are tne mostperfect purgative which has ever yet beenmade by anf body. The etl'ect have abundantly shown to tho community how muchthey excel the ordinary medicines in use.They aro safe and pleasant to luke, but powerfull to cure. Their penetrating properiiesstimulate the vital activiies of the body,remove the obstructions of its organs, purify the blood, and expel disease. They purge,out the foul humors that breed and growdistemper, stimulate sluggish or disorderedorgans into their natural action, and impart a healthy tone with strength to them hole system.. Not only do they cure theevery-day cqrriplaints or everybody, but alsoformidable' and dangerous diseases. Whilethey produced-powerful effects, they are atthe same time,indimished doses, the safestand bgst . physio-,that can be. employed lorchildren, and' being purely vegetable are freefrom any risk or harm.The most temarkable feutu'e of these pillsis the perfection with which they act on extremely dissimilar chronic diseases Thesame doses cure Diarrhoea or Dyspepsia, ineither case restoring the oans to healthyand natural condition, which cannot be saidof any other medicine in exisleuce."They create pure blood and remove allimpurities from the system, hence are a positive cure for, - .Fever, Headache, Tiles, mercurial Descases, and '' Herniary llumors.CO" Prtfe One Dollar per liox.- -Tradebvfiplicd or tent by Mail, pott paid to anypart of the United States or Cenadasonreceipt of price, byH.S.ROWE fCO.. Sole Agents!'43 Liberty St., New York.March 23rd 1865 lyr..NOTICE.John Stevons Administrator of EstatoSamuel Walkorlnta oftm County ol Vinton andSftita of Oblo,,doceusdd,: hai filod his accountsand voucher' foxiepeteon ajid fineal ttleniout and tbatthe sane will He passed upon onl(a30tb, dajTorJannari A0.il85. "i-,ACeo.: 2th 4D D.-WH-if Fb1i Judge1 1i - -" 9 ': --1TIIUaukDeMallatSHjOFFICB and ba Suppie'dTv i.THE SOLDIER'S WIDOWDesolate 1 Desolate DcsMate IFor companions bu( Want and Despair,With a want in my soul that is born of hate,And a cry tin; is not a pr ayer.Vet hoar n.e, oi, hear mo, God IMrk in pity tho tears that full ;Wore the rich dr 'ps of the Saviour's bloodNot shed for the weal of all fHusband and childron gono(.load on the fluid of strife;And 1 wander the streets in woe alono.A childloss mothe r a widowed viife.No home for my weary footNu spo where to lay my hsad:I would I could sink to tho icy streot,And tho morning might find nu doad IThe snow fulls fu"t and lighi,And morrysloigh bells ring;Thoro aro young fucos aud glancos bright,Hurlc ! how thoy laugh and sing.They know not of want or euro,And thoir huaris aro as light as tho snow; 'No wails awoop to thorn from t ha plains afar,. Lore tho bravo uu a the true lis tow.Sleep, my brave bo, Bleep, sloop,Tho' on musio of sweet chiming bulla,O'ur tho luin whoro thuy laid thee to rost,Tho hiUo of tie night and morn swoll",Andoh, miij I boar through tho world' A heart from all bitcrngH9 froo,Till Borrows nro ended in ponce,And Qod reunites me to time.Humors of Soldier's Life.A private loJdier, by the naruo 6tRichard Lee wad taken before theuaagiBtratea of 'ilasgow tor playingcatda during divine Bcrvico-' 'Tho bccount of it ia thus givyu tho EngliuhJournal.Sergeant commanded tho soldiorsat church, and when the parson hadread tho'prayora ho took the text.Tboio who had a bible took it ut.but thia soldier bud neither bible. norcommon prayer-book; but " pollingout a pack ot cards, he spread themout before him. lie first looked ' utone card aud then at ' anuthor. Theeergouut of tho company saw withhim and said."Jliciiard put up the carda, this isno pluco for theiu'"Nevermind that," said RichardWhuu th jorvico was over tho constable took IJichard a primior,. audLrouglit hitn but'ore the Mayer,"Well," says tho Mayor, 'whathave you brought the soldier burolor.' . ."For playing cards in church," .'Well, soldier, what have, you, tjsay for yourseltj''"iMueh, 6ir, I hopo."'Very good, if not, I will punishyou more than ever man was punisheel.""I huvo beon," said tho soldier,"about six weeks on thu inarch. 1have udtlu r bible uorcouimjii prayor(;uok 1 hikvo uolhing but a -pack ofc.trds, and 1 hope to satisfy your worship ol the parity ol my iutuntions.''lueu spieclnig the cards before theMayor, he begau with tuts hoc:"Whtu I aee the ace it remiudo mcthat there is but one God.""Wheu I sue the duoco it rominJeme of Father and Son.""When I see the trey, it remindsmo ol Father Son and iiuly Ghost."jWhdu 1 see the lour it remiudsmo of tho. four Evangelist thatpreached Mathew, Mark, Luke andJohn."VVhen I see tho five it remindsme ot tho five wisu virgins that trimod their lamps. There were ten, butfive wise aud tivo were fool it b, audwere shout out.""When I soy the six it reminde methat in six days tho Lord made Heaven earth.""Wheu 1 6co tho seven it remindsme that on the seventh day God rested from thu great work he had ma Joaud hallowed it.""Wheu I see the eight it remindsme of the eight righteous persons thatwere saved when God destroyed theworld, viz: Noah and bis. wile, insthree sons uud their wives." - '"When I see tho uine it remindsme of the bine lepers that were clean"sed by our Savior, . Tbero were nineout of teu who never roturuodthanks.""When I bco the tea it reminds weof the Ten Commandment which Godhanded down to Masas ou tho tableof stone.'.- '"Wheu 1 seo'thoqaeen it remindsmo of the Queen of oheba, who visited Solomon, fot bheyas as.' wise awoman as h was a niau. She brouztitwit),beB litty boys and flrty' girls', alldreiierf in boy's ap'parel, for king Solomon t a teds wbicb-- Wjro1' boy3,;:atlJVtlich were girls. King Solomonsent for water fox . them- to ':waBEr.Tbd girls Malicd to tb6' elbows qndtho boys to Ihu wrist, so King Solomon told by that.""When I seo the king it remindrne ot the Great King of lleavjn,which is God Almighty."Well," said tho Mayor, you haveKiven a deecrlption of all the carda intho' aek except oiio."'.'Whatis that?"'"Tho ? nave." said the Mayor."1 will givnyoVtr honor a description ot that, too, if you will not bbuugry."I will, not," said tho Mayor," ityou do uot term uie to bo tho kiiavo,"'The greatest knave that I know oti tho conDtablo thut brought melitre.""1 do not know," said thj Mayor,if he is luo greatust knuve, but 1 knowiig is the greuUut lool.""Wheu 1 count how many 8"ots ina pack of cards, i find three hundredand sixty live, us uiuuy day as thereare in a year."Wuen i count tho number of cardsin a pack, I find tiiero aro lilty two-the number of weeks in a year;aad 1 find four suitstho number ol'weeks iu a mouth."f'l find thero aro twelve pictureoiids in a pack, representing tho uutnMr ot months in a year; oa Dimmingthe tricks, I il'ud thirteen tho number of weeks in a quarter,"Bo you boo sir. a pack of cardseejvus for a Bible, Alumnae and acinmon i'rayer Book."A Quaker Woman SermonDear Fiiendt:V.ma arethtoe things I very much wonder at.Tub first is, that children should beat foolish as to throw up stones, clubj,and brickbats into fruit trees, toknock down fiuit: if they would let ital ue,.it vould lall itself. Tho bcoutjwi is that men should be so foolish,ani even bo wicked m to go to warand) kill each othor; if left alono thevwoild die themselves, And the thirdana last thing which I wonder at is,thui young men should be bo nnwisousjfo go after tho young women; ifilif , would stay at homo, trio youngvouien would 'comu alter thein.Rock Island Barrack.The uumber of doaths at Kock Island Barracks since tho 1st iridium,is 29; the whole number siuco tho opening, is abouj 2,000.The number of prisoners now ' inthe hospital, ia little least than 200while the number-now in tho "bullpun " is a little over 3,000.The prevailing diseases aro pneumonia, remittent and intermittent ferns, neuralgia and small pox. ' Thescurvy has moBtly disappeared, sincetlto prisoners have been allowed topurchase vegitablcs.There are something ovor 30 casusof small pox and, 20 deaths have occurred from this disouso siuco tho 1stof January.Five hundred more prisoners leavothis evening to be exchanged. Thismakes nearly 4,000 who have beenexchanged, About 1,S00 have enlistedin tho frontier service; and soma 1,200 in the naval service; and about1,500 refused to tts exchanged, theseof course, wili bj released on tiikingthe amnesty oath at borne fuiurw time,Wo think the number of deaths hasboen greater at this post, iu proportionto the number of prisoners sent here,than in the United St ttes.Rock Island Argus March 20.Drunken Votes."Mack-' the Washington carresbondent of tho Commercial, in a lettor dated the 8th of March, says:"it is a positive fact, of which 1have persohal knowledge, that thefato ot oneot tho mt important provision of tho tax bill, in the last Congress, was decided b a drunken vote.Ou the first roll call the vote stoodnineteen to twenty. Tho minoritydefeated it by drumming np two tipsyrecruits from tho Hole in tho Wall,and telling them to vote with them,which they did, without askiag whatthfl nneation. and asDarcntlv withoutcaring a fig how it was decided. Itit has boon a question ol peacoor warit would have been all tho saino. Asit was it will involve millions of doKlars for the public treasury, and if yoahad asked the worthy couple nextmorning how thev voted, tbty couldnot have told yon, I am suro." :. A body .whose vol are tuns decided by- drunken Senators is veryappropriate!! presided over . by AN-DREW JOHNSON.OCT Why is a spider a good correrpoudent f Because bo leaves a line atevery poet.That Heroic Youth!After enduring the taunts of thepress for tour years, the son Of Lined!) enlisted. I Id was made Captain he was male an Aide hewont to tho front. We bavo hoardof bim by telegraph:HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES.IN THE FIELD, March 3—A. M.Captain Robert Lincoln, one of thoAssistant Adjutant Genera's to General Grant, and aon of tho I'remdont,paid his respects to Major GoneralOrd, commanding this departmentand army, on the day before yesterday, and met Ida aunt, Mrs. JJelrn,half sistar to bia mother, whom holad not Boen for a period of sevenyears.Mrs. Helm, the aunt in tho case, isone of tho Confederate sister.Exchange.[ORIGINAL]METRICAL VERSION.Kobert T.Linjoln, haAn Aid to Urunt did g it to bo.Ho soon wis dro-tIn aoldi.r's bestAnd loftily no bjre his orost III' s straps wsroon,His buttons so oneIiit sword too bright to gue upon tMan marked hin troa l,Then askod with dread -"Who'llnumkar Captain L'.nji-la's Jsid?"B-tnooe could sav,What hosts somo dayMust fall bofjre him iathot'raylAnd so ho wontOn fame intentTk son of our great Pre.iidtmtMen fur and nearKelt sure they'd hearBrave news froze tho young ohovalleilAnd news sooa sameOf. Robert's famoWorthy the moo of wuich he c-wn o.To wit : that hoOn bonded knooHad madothia piioous prayor aud il."To fight I can'tDour Goneral Or:ntlFray let mo gt snd mi niviiiElements of Future Ill.Wo, tho people of tho Unitod Stateshave a power iu tho process of creation, whoso ctfects upon our destinywe have no means, accurately, to calculate The years which have passed since this war began, and the timethat will pa3S botoro it is concluded,are calling into existence, aud consolidating into ao order, a body of menunfit tor the purposes ot civil lite, iudisposed to industrial avocations, andwhich can only bo kept from beingactively noxious at homo, by permitting it to ba olTensivo abroad. Theablest of tho apostles of our philanthropy -at once the moat sagaciousand the most fanatical did not histtato to inform us that wa wore creating a world of the seeds of do''Stictroubles and distractions in tho armywhich wo are calling into extstenco.They found for it a compensation iuthe glorious work which was to bedone iu breaking up tho domestic relations of tho people of tho itunrreetionary communities, whether in reality the compensation wili prove u-l-j-quatto meet all tfta resulting dimi 1vantagos, ib a question which mustremain to ho solvad by future geuarations. They decided ono way, buttime and tho course of ovon'.a may,and probably will, decido another.Cotempoary decisions are seldom final; and in proportion to tho passion)by which thoy were prompted will bothe brevity of tho period uecassary todemonstrate their incorrectness.Whether the time between nowaud the day when our araiiea will nomoro be used to prosocute operationsagainst tho South, is abort or long,one thing is cortatn; that it will soouer or later come to an end. Whatever may bo tho particular political6tatus ia which it will ceaso, anotherthing is certain; that it will bring exhaustion. We shall hava presentedto us tho dreary alternative: to disband it and 6 u tier tho unpleasant social consequences which tho dispersion of its elements wili inevitablyproduce, or to continue it and sutlerthe equally unpleasant and. equallyinevitable political consequoncea.Nor will tho matorials of thq armybo entirely passive' upon" the questionof its disposal. It will have the disposition to take tho question of itsdestiny into its own hands; nor will itw'aut tho muaps to do so a; long asmen remain ambitious, politicians cor,mpt, or philauthrooiau murUlnon..,,.and vindicative.'We of the United States liave lostonr standi g in the eyes of the worldas a peaceful nation? .nn UMfJl Am 'standing have lost our capacity for 'I, I, aril, TV.nt l' . VmKv,u. icBL.wt lor our inoiliin'isivrncss in fact, which flnfth!,vi fn.eign nations to overlook our blustering njanners, and our rustic expressions 61 contempt at their presumed inferiority, has pasaod away. The first ieffect of the war in an internationalpoint of view has been to open thodoor for tho entry of tho most Warlikeof European nation upon Amorican : Jsoil, and to complicate o'ur political ";affairs with questions of European -bNances of power We have brokonour way or it has been broken for 'us into that most Inharmonious of 'all families; the family of civilizedand Christian nations: and must tal, ' -"-vim, iV4 "tor luture contunoa our chances inthat connection, which, judging' byptst centuries, brings I f ttJt god and .au abuudanco of evil to all who ardso unfortunate aa to beloog to it.'The ofikura and soldiers of oar ar 'ray are already looking toward Mexico an tho uoxt theater of their exploits.They propose to borrow an express'ion tor same time out of use to ''ra 'vol in the -halls of the Monteznmaa."Thero ia a viurt horde' of men So of- 'ficial placea who otn not afford at 'onco to lay down tiieir arme and thoircoiiBequence. :At first eight, tlie pros' i ,rpoctol draining i oil, at omo period. "jot far distant, ibis huge colloelion offoculancy, is infrititing, but the pro-cosa mav not be with nt ita romiltini' ' 'dau ors. It may expose as to trouble 'iu mo name oi t'atauauon.' The Emooror of the Froncti is askillt'nl nni;i " ' .fvatician koenor than both our llouica :ot OongresB, with the President,Vice freaident, and all tho Secretaries-and a3 unjcrup'uoua as all ofthem. What he undertakes be is notapt to relinquish, lie has seated bimself upon this Coitinout, and here baintend to remain. We mav make aa -lightas we pleaso of war with France;but it is a thiug which,- we may lee"-to our cost, Id much more entertain-"" "ing to contemplate, thati profitable to 'encounter.' Tho draining off 6f ourarmy will bo. like the 8addjndischa-gjof a dangerous luipoatuumo; it willadd to the proexistiug prostration.Wo shall never kno.v haw weak weare until the war is over, and all thofevers, general and I6eal, political andeconomical, . nave subsided. . Thenwili bo tho timo for him wbo wills us'wrong, to act ajgresaively; and thisnone belter than himself will understand. '-. .- ... ''faking all that we have done forthe negro, and all that ho is likely torealize upon our sacrifices in his behalf, and it is still a riuestion full nfdoubt wuethur we have done anythingto improve our condition in anv respect, or to increase tho sum of hu- 'man hasppiness. Wo shall never understand the many changes which wehave undergone cuaugea . pregnftntrwith dangers uot to bo moaaured in1the anticipation until wo como torealize their effjeta. Of all the people iu tho world this was the most outit to enter into such scones as thosuwhich have tilled up the last fouryears of our history. I'oliticians startding outside and uninfluenced bythose passions which' bavo renderedus us blind to considerations of justice, as wo aro , regtrdlesa of coneoquences, boo u3 better than wo boooursjlves: and aro .more flit than .we 'are to road uur horoscope. To theruwe collectively present the apoct ol arabid mob, at onco corrupt and intoleraut, hypocritical an J orual, whoseparts aro divesting themselves of a;moral aud physical ower wbiclroth.eewise would bo dangeoiis to . others,aud preparing the means tor an abutldant home gratification of dangerans-'and bloody propensities; l ' -iAndt Johnson at thk Is4c4ebation Lall. It n would have beeu :,after "'ecxibition wbicbMr Vico President Johnson iadd 6f ..himself on inaugeration day ho. wouldba moret careful of himeelf.inMblic.- 'We are informed, bowovor, upon pri-- 'tato butenfiroiv creditable authority.-- -thattho yice troaVfem. was ia farstnpetied- with liquor at the inai)gera-- ;tion ball that some of bia frioada, wor - :obliged vto -; carry hi.bom.Wewould giiidly disbolieye lm, but Hie "sourco from, wbicb it coujea loae-uor 'Springfield RepublicanMarch 16.OCT'-Petroleum l'ootro "JsU ofBjauty, fare tho well 1"